Ex-Wolverine Updates

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2Oct 2012
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Sam McGuffie flipped his way to Rice’s only two scores

Former Michigan RB Michael Cox: Cox had 30 carries for 188 yards and 2 touchdowns in UMass’s 27-16 loss to Miami-OH two Saturdays ago. This week he had 22 carries for 80 yards in a 37-34 loss to Ohio. On the season, he has 90 carries for 376 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Former Michigan S Vladimir Emilien: Emilien had 3 tackles, .5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception in Toledo’s 37-17 victory over Western Michigan.

Former Michigan RB commit Demetrius Hart: Hart had 1 carry for 7 yards and 1 catch for 12 yards in Alabama’s 33-14 victory over Ole Miss.  Unfortunately, he tore his ACL for the second time and will miss the rest of the season.


Former Michigan RB Sam McGuffie: McGuffie had 6 catches for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns, but Rice lost to Houston by a score of 35-14.  One of those touchdowns was an 88-yard catch-and-run.  He now has 22 receptions for 303 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Former Michigan WR/CB commit Dewayne Peace: Peace had 1 reception for 16 yards in Houston’s 35-14 victory over Rice.  He now has 24 receptions for 273 yards and 1 touchdown.

Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez: Arizona lost to Oregon State by a score of 38-35.  Quarterback Matt Scott was 31/53 for 403 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions, and the team ran for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Former Michigan WR Je’Ron Stokes: Stokes had 1 reception for 9 yards in Bowling Green’s 48-8 victory over Rhode Island.

Former Michigan WR Darryl Stonum: Stonum had 1 catch for 10 yards for Baylor, but the Bears lost to West Virginia by a score of 70-63.

26Sep 2012
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Sam McGuffie had 109 receiving yards, including this 50-yard touchdown reception.

Former Michigan QB commit Shavodrick Beaver: Beaver had 4 carries for 14 yards and was 2/2 passing for Midwestern State against Texas A&M-Commerce a few weeks ago, but he hasn’t played in the Mustangs’ last couple games.

Former Michigan S Vladimir Emilien: Emilien had 6 tackles in Toledo’s 38-28 victory over Coastal Carolina.

Former Michigan DT commit DeQuinta Jones: Jones had 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass breakup, but Arkansas lost to Rutgers by a score of 35-26.

Former Michigan RB Sam McGuffie: Rice lost to Marshall by a score of 54-51 in overtime, but McGuffie had 4 receptions for 109 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez: Rodriguez suffered his first loss at Arizona, a 49-0 beatdown at the hands of Oregon.  Arizona’s defense did a decent job of stopping the Ducks’ rushing attack, holding them to 4.3 yards/attempt.  But the Wildcats had 5 turnovers, including 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns.

Former Michigan WR Je’Ron Stokes: Stokes had 1 catch for 0 yards in Bowling Green’s 37-0 loss to Virginia Tech.

12Sep 2012
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DeWayne Peace had an excellent game for Houston

Former Michigan CB Cullen Christian: Christian had 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup for Pitt, but they lost to Cincinnati by a score of 34-10.

Former Michigan RB Michael Cox: Cox had 15 carries for 36 yards and 4 receptions for -2 yards as UMass lost to Indiana by a score of 45-6.

Former Michigan S Carvin Johnson: Johnson had 18 tackles and 1 tackle for loss, but Hampton lost to Tennessee Tech by a score of 41-31 in week 1.

Former Michigan DT commit DeQuinta Jones: Jones had 3 tackles, but Arkansas was upset by Louisiana-Monroe by a score of 34-31 in overtime.

Former Michigan RB Sam McGuffie: McGuffie had 2 rushes for 14 yards and 3 receptions for 15 yards as Rice beat Kansas by a score of 25-24.

Former Michigan WR commit Dewayne Peace: Peace had 11 receptions for 141 yards and 1 touchdown, but Houston lost to Louisiana Tech by a score of 56-49.

Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez: Rodriguez’s Arizona team upset #18 Oklahoma State by a score of 59-28.  His offense put up 501 yards, which was 135 fewer than OSU . . . but his defense came up with 3 interceptions.  The Wildcats are 2-0 on the year.

Former Michigan WR Je’Ron Stokes: Stokes had 1 reception for 15 yards and 1 touchdown in Bowling Green’s 21-13 victory over Idaho.

Former Michigan WR Darryl Stonum: Stonum had 2 receptions for 41 yards and 1 touchdown in Baylor’s 59-24 blowout of SMU in week 1.

Former Michigan CB commit Adrian Witty: Witty had 1 tackle in Cincinnati’s 34-10 victory over Pitt.

6Sep 2012
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Rich Rodriguez won his debut as the Arizona Wildcats head coach

Former Michigan TE/DE commit Pharaoh Brown: Brown had 1 reception for 16 yards in Oregon’s 57-34 win over Arkansas State.

Former Michigan CB Cullen Christian: Christian had 5 tackles, but Pitt lost to Youngstown State by a score of 31-17.

Former Michigan RB commit Dee Hart: Hart had 9 carries for 19 yards as a backup running back in Alabama’s 41-14 demolition of Michigan.

Former Michigan RB Sam McGuffie: McGuffie is now a full-time slot receiver for the spread offense at Rice.  In a 49-24 loss to UCLA, he had 8 receptions for 63 yards and 1 touchdown.

Former Michigan WR/CB commit Dewayne Peace: Peace, now a wide receiver for the Houston Cougars, had 2 receptions for 13 yards in UH’s 30-13 loss to Texas State.

Former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez: Rodriguez won his first game as Arizona’s head coach, a 24-17 victory over Toledo in overtime.  The Wildcats had 624 total yards of offense.

Former Michigan WR Je’ron Stokes: Stokes, now playing for Bowling Green State University, had 4 receptions for 32 yards in BGSU’s 27-14 loss to the Florida Gators.

Former Michigan S Ray Vinopal: Vinopal, a current teammate of Christian at Pitt, had 3 tackles in the 31-17 loss to Youngstown State.

4Jul 2012
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Statistical Analysis of 2012 Recruiting: By State

This is a little bit later than I normally post this series, but better late than never.  Using the 2012 Offer Board, I put together the above graph of Michigan offers from the 2012 class.  For a comparison to past years, you can look here.  Michigan sent out 193 recorded offers in 2012, which was essentially on par with the 195 offers in 2011 and 192 offers in 2010.
You can see that Iowa was a good place to recruit for Michigan’s coaches in 2012, mainly because Amara Darboh was the only guy they recruited from the state.
Otherwise, the states of Michigan and Ohio were very productive, with 75% and 32% success rates, respectively.  Much like in the state of Iowa, the coaching staff cherry-picked a few recruits from Kentucky (Jeremy Clark), Missouri (Jehu Chesson, Ondre Pipkins), Tennessee (Blake Bars), and Utah (Sione Houma).  The fertile recruiting grounds of California produced only one Michigan commit in the form of Erik Magnuson.
States included in the “Other” category, which produced zero commits, are:

– Alabama (1)

– Arizona (3)
– Colorado (4)
– District of Columbia (2)
– Florida (16)
– Georgia (11)
– Illinois (7)
– Indiana (3)
– Louisiana (1)
– Maryland (9)
– Massachusetts (3)
– Minnesota (2)
– New Jersey (7)
– New York (2)
– North Carolina (6)
– Oklahoma (1)
– Pennsylvania (8)
– South Carolina (4)
– Texas (22)
– Virginia (2)
– Washington (2)
– Wisconsin (2)
The lack of success in Florida is obviously a contrast to the Rich Rodriguez years, but Florida was also targeted much less by Brady Hoke.  Hoke sent 16 offers out in Florida this past recruiting cycle, while Rodriguez typically offered 40+.

The five states where Michigan threw out double-digit offers in 2012 were Ohio (28), Texas (22), California (19), Michigan (12), and Georgia (11).  Michigan and Ohio were obviously roaring successes, but the other three states combined for one commitment (Magnuson) out of 52 offers.